European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday August 7, 1991 at a glance people such As Barbara Robertson have been caught up in the Long frustrating Hunt for service Mem ers missing in Indochina. See stories on pages 4,14 and 15.city sued in Dahmer Case a woman whose son was slain after Milwaukee police questioned but did t arrest Jeffrey Dahmer sues the City for $3 million. A Pago 5judge vows to fight a Federal judge says hell use any Means necessary to break blockades by anti abortion demonstrators at two women a clinics in Wichita Kan. A Page 7cuba cuts travel age Cuba in a Radical break from tradition says anyone older than 20 May leave the country. A Page 8college s move cleared University of Maryland directors say they have received the go ahead to move their Munich Campus to  Page 10 Bocci link to Bank found an a interlocking relationship Quot existed Between the failed entrust savings Bank of Miami and the indicted Bank of credit and Commerce International a congressional report  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 two hostages in Lebanon to be freed paper reports from wire reports Nicosia Cyprus a a state run iranian newspaper says an american and a British hostage in Lebanon May be freed within a week. The report appeared tuesday in the English language Tehran times which is close to president Hashemi rats Anjanie a administration a activities have been intensified for the release of the two Western hostages seized by certain groups in Lebanon and the result May bring fruit a the newspaper said. A hectic activities Are continuing for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds and it is expected that an american and a British hostage will be Able to go to their Homes by the  the daily said its Lebanon correspondent a failed to get details such As names and exact times relating to the release of the  also tuesday a group linked to the hostages said it would Send a special envoy to . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar within 48 hours to try to resolve the plight of the 13 Western hostages held in Lebanon. The declaration by islamic jihad was made in a statement delivered to a Western news Agency in Beirut. Attached to the statement was a new photograph of the longest held . Hostage Terry Anderson. The correspondent for the associated press appeared with a tight Beard and looked in Good shape. At . Headquarters in new York a spokesman had no immediate comment. The Tehran times is believed to closely reflect rats Anjanie a thinking. On March 6,1990, it said an Effort was under Way to free the hostages. The next Day a Sfanjani said the Issue a is going to be  about six weeks later american Robert Polhill was freed a the first american to be released in More than three years. However in june the times predicted a phased release of the hostages a in a few Days a but no captives were set free. Six of the hostages Are americans four Are britons two Are West germans and one is italian. Most Are believed to be held by militants linked to Hezbollah or party of god which is backed by Iran. A Anderson has been held since March 1985. One of the captors key demands has been the release of 300 to 400 lebanese and palestinians held by Israel. Israel has said it would Exchange the detainees in Exchange for seven israeli servicemen some of whom have been missing since 1982. Since taking office two years ago one of rats Anjanie a main priorities has been to improve relations with the West. Britain resumed ties with Iran in september. But the Issue of the hostages is believed to be a condition by London for exchanging ambassadors. Ties Are currently at the charge do affaires level. Despite a slight thaw in ties with Washington severed in 1979, Iran also believes that Access to advanced Western technology will remain blocked until All the american hostages Are freed. Washington blocked the Sale of six British aerospace 146 airliners to Tehran last month on grounds that the planes incorporated some . Technology banned to Iran under an embargo imposed soon after the 1979 islamic revolution. 97 German bases saved from closure Bonn Germany up a German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said tuesday that the German army will shut Down fewer military bases than originally planned. Of the 213 bases targeted for closure Only 116 will actually be closed because of Strong protests by affected communities and states. All of the bases will be closed by the end of 1994 As part of the Overall army reduction Stoltenberg said. Germany has a total of720 military bases. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev agreed in july 1990 that reunified Germany would reduce its troops to 370,000, from 500,000. Stoltenberg proposed in May the elimination of 213 military bases but reduced the number after communities and states argued that the closures would adversely affect their economies. He said that personnel on 411 bases will be reduced by 25 percent or less. An other 100 posts will be Cut by 50 percent after 1994, and 93 will be reduced by More than 50 percent. Stoltenberg said that after 1994, about 310.000 troops will be stationed on the territory of former West Germany and 60.000 in former East Germany. He said the military forces will then consist of 255,400 army troops 82,400 air Force personnel and 32,200 Navy. Germany Nas compulsory military service for All men Over the age of 18.. From Page 1 Gram that could be used to develop weapons Grade material. Nuclear experts say bombs can be made either by enriching uranium to 93 percent or by separating plutonium from spent uranium fuel. Gallucci said . Inspectors would now begin looking for nuclear triggering devices. Last year the United states re ported that it had blocked attempts to smuggle such devices to Baghdad. Also monday . Officials in Baghdad said that Iraq had admitted to engaging in secret germ warfare research for four years. But iraqi officials said the program was for defensive military use and was abandoned after the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Iraqi newspapers quoted officials As saying that All germ agents were destroyed because Iraq feared an attack. The officials said Iraq claimed the re search was conducted at Salman Pak about 20 Miles Southeast of Baghdad. It was the first Public admission by Iraq that it had conducted such research. Iraq had Long disavowed having any biological weapons research program. Officials had claimed Salman Pak was a food inspection and analysis Tab. In Baghdad . Inspectors said they had not detected any biological weapons in their first three Days of work. But they said they were hindered in entering the Salman Pak site by unexploded  from Page 1. Wherever they Are a he said. The government has not officially confirmed such military action. A i can neither deny nor confirm it a Murat Sungar the foreign ministry spokesman said tuesday. The illegal kurdish labor party has been waging a guerrilla War since 1984 in turkeys 11 Southeastern provinces. Home to about half of the country a 12 million kurd. A Day rarely passes in those regions without a report of a clash Between kurdish guerrillas and the military or of military operations against the kurdish population. More than 3,000 civilians soldiers and insurgents have been killed. Kurdish guerrillas now control Large areas of Northern Iraq and Are negotiating with iraqis government for autonomy. Allied troops withdrew from Northern Iraq last month after helping to repatriate and protect kurd. The refugees had fled a failed rebellion against Saddam Hussein a forces that sought to capitalize on his persian Gulf War defeat. The iraqi president has now virtually relinquished northernmost Iraq to the kurd a disturbing Prospect for turkish officials trying to Cope with the kurdish insurgency. The guerrillas Are fighting to create a a greater Kurdistan a an Independent Region encompassing land in Turkey Northern Iraq the mountains of Iran and parts of Syria and soviet  from Page 1 bitterly criticized the formation of the serbian guard saying Beli was a a professional  at his news conference Draskovic gave police 50 Days to find the killers threatening that his party would otherwise organize a mass demonstration in Belgrade on oct. 9. The demonstration intended to overthrow the hard line socialist leadership that overwhelmingly won Serbia a first free elections in december would be organized under slogan a democracy or death a Draskovic said. Draskovics party led mass demonstrations in March against socialist domination of the serbian Media. Two people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators and the socialists were forced to relax their grip on the Media after Days of further protests